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The names of the Great Lakes can be remembered with the use of the acronym HOMES. This is an example of what type of learning strategy? A. Self-Testing B. Elaborating C. Mnemonics D. Using Context CuesWhich of these would NOT count as a behavior the definition of learning? A. Salivating to the tone of a bell B. Increasing heart rate C. A dog shaking its owner's hand for a treat D. All of the above are examples of behaviorLearning always involves the acquisition of new behaviors. A. TRUE B. FALSEwhat is the direction of causality when two variables, A and B, have a strong linear correlation?Which of the following behavior changes is a result of learning? A. No longer needing to hold your nose for a bad smell as you no longer notice it B. Needing a nap after you take Benadryl C. Not being able to count to 10 due to a concussion D. Limping when your 1st put pressure down on a broken ankleWhy is pulling an "all-nighter" (staying up to do all of your studying the night before an exam) a bad idea? A. Sleeping helps consolidate memory B. Spacing out your studying over many days is more effective than having one long session C. You will likely fall asleep during the exam. D. Both A and B.How does lifestyle effect physical declineThe item below is based on the following scenario. An educational psychologist wants to predict how well students will do on a particular multiple-choice test based on a measure of their ability to follow instructions. Their actual scores are 3, 7, and 11, and their respective predicted scores are 5, 7, and 9. Advanced topic: What is SS Error?Are couple who cohabitate before marriage like to divorceWhat is the formula for the proportionate reduction in error?When does physical decline begin in adulthoodA lizard population is preyed on by newly introduced wild cats that use sight to hunt them. The lizards live on rocky, sandy, light colored soil. The lizards are varying shades of brown depending on how recently they have been in the sun. Can natural selection for the lizards' color occur in this situation? Why or why not? A. Yes; the lizards vary in their color B. Yes; the newly introduced cats are a change in the environment C. No; the color of lizards is not genetically determined D. No; there is no change in the environmentKatie and Inez are roommates taking the same psychology class. They have a test in four days. Both women intend to study for three hours, but because of different work schedules, Katie will study one hour for each of the next three days, while Inez will study three hours the day before the exam. What could you predict about their performances? A. Katie should perform better because she spaced out her studying a bit. B. Inez will perform better because she has studied more recently. C. Katie and Inez should perform equally well, because each studied the same amount of time. D. Katie should perform better, because the exam should last about 1 hour.Wilma is a famous chef. Since she does not like to share her secret family recipes, she does not write down her special creations, which makes it difficult to remember their ingredients. To aid her memory, she has created a unique "mental walk" that she takes to recall each recipe. For each one, she has a familiar "route" she can imagine walking through (e.g., from the end of her driveway to her living room) where she places each item in the recipe somewhere along the way (e.g., Tabasco sauce splattered on the front door). By doing so, Wilma is using _____ to organize her memories. A. elaboration B. overlearning C. method of loci D. paired-associate learningWhen a person's score on one variable is used to make predictions about a person's score on another variable, the procedure is calledAn educational psychologist wants to predict how well students will do on a particular multiple-choice test based on a measure of their ability to follow instructions. Their actual scores are 3, 7, and 11, and their respective predicted scores are 5, 7, and 9. Advanced topic: What is SS Total?A graph that shows the pattern of the relation of two variables is aWhen testing the significance of the correlation coefficient, the null hypothesis is usually that in the population, the true correlationThe person given credit for inventing correlation isLow reliability of the variables reduces the correlation coefficient because
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